Get Mobilized for Dec. 10: International Human Rights Day
International Human Rights Day commemorates the anniversary of the ratification of the U.N.’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, which established the right of people in every nation to come together into unions and bargain contracts.
Text of Communiqué on US Blockade of Cuba Adopted by the Ibero-American Summit
Special communiqué on the need to end the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed on Cuba by the government of the United States of America, including the application of the so-called Helms-Burton Act
PA Book Round Up #7: Notes and Previews on New Works
Here is another of our occasional book round ups consisting of short notices of recent. These are essentially meta-reviews (reviews of reviews). If any of our readers are inspired to read one of these books and wishes to write a full review, please contact pabooks@politicalaffairs.net.
US Military Attacks Civilians as Votes are Counted
Prior to the announcement of the results of the nationwide referendum on a new Iraqi Constitution, at least three US air strikes killed 70 people in the town of Ramadi. The air strikes began when an F-15 fighter-bomber attacked a gathering of civilians.
Poverty and Unemployment Down significantly in Venezuela in 2005
Venezuela’s National Institute of Statistics (INE) says that poverty will drop by 8% points by the end of 2005, relative to the previous year.INE director Elias Eljuri made the announcement yesterday, saying that Venezuela’s poverty rate is expected to drop to 35% by the end of the year, down from 47% for 2004.
Death of Che Guevara Commemorated in Nicaragua
Concerts, audiovisual screenings and photo exhibitions are some of the activities which commemorated in Nicaragua the 38th death anniversary of the legendary Argentinean-Cuban guerilla fighter Ernesto Che Guevara... The Cuban embassy in Managua also honoured the Heroic Guerilla Fighter last Saturday 8th, in the 38th anniversary of his murder in Bolivia by the Central Agency of Intelligence of United States (CIA)
Poll This, Blacks Tell Bush
Two percent. That's the percentage of U.S. blacks who approve of President Bush's job performance, a new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll found...No amount of Rove's strategic and tactical skill can counter the televised imagery of modern-day savagery after Katrina. He and the neo-cons can only hope for a miracle to counter what the world has seen in the hurricane region.
Not everything can be bought or sold
Fed up by a Capitalist constant and inhumane message which says that all can be offered and bought as a merchandise, I was touched by president Fidel’s words when he organized the “The International Contingent of Doctors Specialized in Disasters and Serious Epidemics.”
Darfur: UN Evacuation of Humanitarian Personnel from West Darfur
The decision by the UN to evacuate all non-essential humanitarian personnel from West Darfur should not be surprising, even as hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians are affected by this move.
Arms Race: US Military Policy in South Asia
A HIGH-LEVEL US delegation led by Lt Gen Jeffrey Kohler, head of the Pentagon's Defense Security Cooperation Agency responsible for inter-governmental arms deals, visited New Delhi last week and made a top-security presentation to Indian defence ministry and military officials on three major weapons systems: F-16 fighters, F/A-18 Hornet attack aircraft and the PAC (Patriot Advanced Capability)-3 anti-missile systems.
